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Starmer VIII: Labour will set you free

Started by pancreas, March 16, 2022, 08:54:56 AM

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Quote from: jamiefairlie on August 10, 2022, 07:48:53 PM"Feith"

Slightly taller but has exactly the same appearance, singing voice, songwriting ability and everything

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: Replies From View on August 10, 2022, 07:52:29 PMSlightly taller but has exactly the same appearance, singing voice, songwriting ability and everything

Mysteriously starts using the other foot at 5-aside though.

Paul Calf

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on August 10, 2022, 07:53:47 PM5-aside

I think they were Take That's support at The Arena in Leeds. Very underwhelming.

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: Paul Calf on August 10, 2022, 09:08:05 PMI think they were Take That's support at The Arena in Leeds. Very underwhelming.

Maybe time for Elliot Fletcher to dust off his phone and ask Keith "Why are you so fucking crap?" next time he's on LBC.

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Is 'five aside' a football thing?  I assumed the 'extra foot' in height meant it's a better footballer due to having more feet, but I've never been exposed to footballer humour so I genuinely don't know.

Sebastian Cobb

yes, it's just normal football but with a smaller team and pitch, the kind dads play.

PlanktonSideburns

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on August 10, 2022, 07:44:38 PMHear me out, but maybe it would actually be good if he died an a car crash and got replaced by a look-alike

I'm with you ALL the way up to the replacement bit

greencalx

Brown saying energy firms should be nationalised (albeit with caveats) and the guardian saying the same thing about water firms too.

Keith? Niente. Presumably his thinking is to let Truss and Sunak rip shades out of each other and not give either of them any ideas. My worry about this is that we're approaching the point where people will be looking for a way out of the impending crisis, and if Labour aren't there with a plan then some cunts who are even more awful than the Tories will step in.

king_tubby

Steve 'Jewish puppet masters' Reed on the telly saying nationalisation isn't fair on shareholders, so there's your answer.

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: greencalx on August 11, 2022, 09:03:18 AMBrown saying energy firms should be nationalised (albeit with caveats) and the guardian saying the same thing about water firms too.

I think "temporarily" is a pretty big fucking caveat tbf.


Buelligan

Quote from: greencalx on August 11, 2022, 09:03:18 AMBrown saying energy firms should be nationalised (albeit with caveats) and the guardian saying the same thing about water firms too.

Keith? Niente. Presumably his thinking is to let Truss and Sunak rip shades out of each other and not give either of them any ideas. My worry about this is that we're approaching the point where people will be looking for a way out of the impending crisis, and if Labour aren't there with a plan then some cunts who are even more awful than the Tories will step in.

This is another excellent reason why sharing this idea is so important.  Seed the ground before others do.


https://wesayenough.co.uk/

Pink Gregory

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on August 11, 2022, 09:13:24 AMI think "temporarily" is a pretty big fucking caveat tbf.



Wonder if it would put any of the scaffolding in place for permanent nationalisation down the line...

That's too hopeful, but still.

Sebastian Cobb

I'm sorry to say I think they're just talking about socialising the losses, or in other words a bailout.

Mr_Simnock

you will have to be bailing them out though every month till the prices are brought back under control, it's a futile exercise

Sebastian Cobb

Just set the ofgem cap to below cost and buy up the companies when they've been ran into the ground saving billions on the nationalisation cost.

Johnny Yesno

Quote from: Pink Gregory on August 11, 2022, 10:16:51 AMWonder if it would put any of the scaffolding in place for permanent nationalisation down the line...

That's too hopeful, but still.

If the East Coast rail line is anything to go by, it's this:

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on August 11, 2022, 10:19:21 AMI'm sorry to say I think they're just talking about socialising the losses, or in other words a bailout.

idunnosomename

Sir kier self-isolating after another nasty bout of covid right in the anus. Thoughts and prayers. Real politics resumes in September

holyzombiejesus

Not sure where else to put this or if it's already been remarked upon (would a centrist blue tick thread be too vile?), but in The Observer this week, Matt Forde was talking about the best show he's seen at Edinburgh and he stated "It's the only show I'd give six stars to, and I've seen Oasis three times."

There was also a Guardian review of Forde's interview with Gordon Brown, where the interviewer (Brian Logan) alternately states "as a voter who spent the New Labour years carping from the left about their caution and their compromises" but then

QuoteAt least Brown expressed great confidence here that the party under Keir Starmer is now well positioned to capitalise on a national mood that's hungry for change, more so than in 1997.

I daren't believe it: we've been disappointed and denied too often since the day Brown himself left Downing Street, 12 long years ago. Until someone of his stature and substance returns, events such as these can only be bittersweet. It's two stars as a comedy, then, but five stars as a vision of what once was, and what – dare to dream – we might one day have again.

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: holyzombiejesus on August 11, 2022, 12:04:11 PMNot sure where else to put this or if it's already been remarked upon (would a centrist blue tick thread be too vile?), but in The Observer this week, Matt Forde was talking about the best show he's seen at Edinburgh and he stated "It's the only show I'd give six stars to, and I've seen Oasis three times."
https://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=92870.720


Bernice

Quote from: holyzombiejesus on August 11, 2022, 12:04:11 PMNot sure where else to put this or if it's already been remarked upon (would a centrist blue tick thread be too vile?), but in The Observer this week, Matt Forde was talking about the best show he's seen at Edinburgh and he stated "It's the only show I'd give six stars to, and I've seen Oasis three times."

This is amazing. He's really one of the pioneers of a sort of Partridge-ness of a new generation. Echoes of your Madeleys, your Edmondses, but with the distinct tang of childhood overexposure to Britpop and Blair. I find a similar thing with John Robins.

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: holyzombiejesus on August 11, 2022, 12:16:21 PMIs that in there? Genuinely considered a 'real life desolation' thread when reading Matt Forde's piece.

Ha no I was just suggesting that was the best place for the quote!

Pink Gregory

Quote from: Bernice on August 11, 2022, 12:20:10 PMThis is amazing. He's really one of the pioneers of a sort of Partridge-ness of a new generation. Echoes of your Madeleys, your Edmondses, but with the distinct tang of childhood overexposure to Britpop and Blair. I find a similar thing with John Robins.

they're mates, Robins has said as much that he gets his political opinions from Fatt Morde.

One of the reasons I went off Robins to be honest.

idunnosomename

Matt Forde is the least funny man ever to be born

Cold Meat Platter


shoulders

Quote from: idunnosomename on August 11, 2022, 12:02:28 PMSir kier self-isolating after another nasty bout of covid right in the anus. Thoughts and prayers. Real politics resumes in September

Missed this, does he have Covid again?

Sebastian Cobb

Quote from: shoulders on August 11, 2022, 01:25:28 PMMissed this, does he have Covid again?

Yeah he's got the chinny-reckon variant.
Quote📊 Which government do you think would be better for managing the economy?

🔵 Con, led by Johnson 24% (+2)
🔴 Lab, led by Starmer 24% (-3)
---
⚫️ Neither / Don't know 52% (+1)

Via
@YouGov
, 8 Aug (+/- since 11 Jul)

https://twitter.com/LeftieStats/status/1557680379322064896

idunnosomename

Quote from: shoulders on August 11, 2022, 01:25:28 PMMissed this, does he have Covid again?
tried to make it as silly as possible but it is unfortunately just too believable that he would do that again


Paul Calf

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on August 11, 2022, 09:13:24 AMI think "temporarily" is a pretty big fucking caveat tbf.



Yeah. After they've passed through this politically difficult, less profitable period, hand them back to the private sector with a lovely pink bow and a subsidy. Exactly what happened when RBS was fined for LiBOR naughtiness.

Neolibs gonna neolib.